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    Smith amendment questions.

    Alright the smith amendment formalized the long standing policy that a person convicted of a felony or a crime worthy of more than one year imprisonment couldn't receive a security clearance without a fairly hard to get waiver, and that those with clearances would have them revoked. I also know that the character and nationality and relationships of ones spouse also are considered when it comes to clearances. What does a spousal felony do to ones clearance status?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maxor View Post
    Alright the smith amendment formalized the long standing policy that a person convicted of a felony or a crime worthy of more than one year imprisonment couldn't receive a security clearance without a fairly hard to get waiver, and that those with clearances would have them revoked. I also know that the character and nationality and relationships of ones spouse also are considered when it comes to clearances. What does a spousal felony do to ones clearance status?
    It depends upon the classification of the person's job (Department of Defense Research for example) and how many "social" clubs his wife belongs to where she gabs about everything he does. She actually may be acquainted with an undercover agent and not realizing she may be giving away classified information.

    For example, a spouse should NEVER say her husband is cleared for SECRET of even CONFIDENTIAL. When I first went to work at the shipyard, workers with no special clearance just had their photo and employee number on their badge. However, if you were cleared for CONFIDENTIAL a small green bar would be printed on a corner of your badge. SECRET earned a red bar. TOP SECRET earned ----- well, nuff said for now.

    If anybody outside of the facility you worked in saw your badge with a colored bar on it (say you stopped for gas at 28.9 cents a gallon and had your oil checked and windows cleaned) the attendant would know you as a person that some anti-American agency may want to keep track of.

    And there were far too few Secret Service Agents to guard you, your family, your kids at school and your mother working with a riveting gun at Douglas Aircraft.

    Which reminds me. This year the North Long Beach Veteran's Day Parade on November 6th will feature "Rosie the Riveter's" as Grand Marshalls.
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    Thanks rusty for the reply what you went over there is just general good sense when it comes to basic clearance info. This was more of a direct question about what happens to someones clearance if they marry a felon or their spouse is convicted of a felony. I know of someone who has decided they are in love with a 2 time felon loser, everyone has been telling her no its a terrible idea but I'm hoping that pointing out you can kiss your job and clearance good bye will talk sense into her.

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